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TIL that Ted Turner planned to colorize Citizen Kane, but scrapped the project after Orson Welles’ dying wish was “Don’t let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.”

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5VVXQ TIL D-Day was originally supposed to happen on 5th June but meteorologist James Stagg persuaded Dwight Eisenhower to postpone by a day right at the last minute. The weather conditions had to be just right for the landings and planners took the tide, wind speed and even the moon cycle into account.
8a0GK TIL that the USPS (United States Postal Service) does NOT offer postal banking services anymore, while almost every other developed country does it. The United States Postal Savings System existed until 1960's.
yek8 TIL Science discovered almonds have 20% fewer calories than previously thought and challenge the way calories have been measured for 100 years
9wOB7 TIL the white sushi rolls (ex California Roll) is an inside-out sushi roll called "uramaki" and it was invented in N. America by Japanese chef, Ichiro Machita in LA, in the 60s as a way to introduced people outside of Japan to sushi, bc the seaweed on the outside was not as appealing to non-Japanese
V8vZ TIL George Lucas got his head stuck inside the mouth of Bruce the mechanical shark from Jaws. Steven Spielberg thought it would be funny to close its mouth on him as a prank, but Bruce malfunctioned and George was trapped